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aw8rM TIL-That American Author William S. Burroughs, attempting a William Tell act, shot his wife in the head, killing her. He later attributed this act was what spurred him into being an author.
yQVkX TIL the first British pilot to be shot down in WWII was in a friendly fire incident three days into the war
6EXbm TIL in 1995, China set out to return a desert bigger than France back to a flourishing ecosystem after centuries of desertification to combat dust storms, flooding and boost local economy.
Oo7QX TIL, By the 1860s, mustaches were finally compulsory for all the Armed Forces and they became as much an emblem for the Armed Forces as the Army uniform.
4bG5 TIL in 2010, the floor of a Weight Watchers clinic in Sweden collapsed beneath a group of 20 members who were in line for their weekly weigh in. The floor collapsed in one corner of the room, fault lines spread, & other sections of the floor gave way. Nobody was hurt.